A quantile function approach to discharge estimation from satellite altimetry (ENVISAT)

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4174-4186

  Tourian, M J ^a   Sneeuw, N ^a   Bardossy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

quantile function; river discharge; satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DISCHARGE ESTIMATION; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; QUANTILE FUNCTIONS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; STATISTICAL APPROACH;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 84880353287     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20348     Document Type: Article

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